2017 Kentucky NEED Energy Education Workshop - Erlanger, KY 

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

K-12 Grade Teachers in schools receiving
electric utilities from Duke Energy

WHAT DO YOU RECEIVE:

• It’s FREE
• Breakfast & lunch provided
• Substitute reimbursement
• KAS aligned curriculum
• Opportunity to receive NEED Saving Energy at Home and School kit
• Student Leadership Opportunities
• Great professional development opportunity

Teachers in the Duke Energy Service area attending this workshop will get a unique opportunity to participate in the Duke Saving Energy At Home and School Program.  

 

WHO IS THE SPONSOR?
Duke Energy

Duke Energy makes life better for millions of people every day by providing electric and gas services in a sustainable way – affordable, reliable and clean.

They are the largest electric power holding company in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to approximately 7.2 million U.S. customers. They have approximately 57,500 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas, the Midwest and Florida – and natural gas distribution services in Ohio and Kentucky.

Agenda

 8:00 a.m.             Registration, Pre-Assessment & Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m.             Welcome

Introduction to NEED, Website, NEED Curriculum Matrix

 8:30 a.m.             Step 1:  Science of Energy

Participants will learn about the forms of energy and energy transformations while using resources in the NEED Science of Energy kit.  

 11:30 a.m.           LUNCH

 12:15 p.m.          Step 2:  Sources of Energy – Energy in the Balance

 

This activity introduces participants to the advantages and disadvantages of the major energy sources through a series of critical thinking, charting, and graphing activities.

 1:15 p.m.             Step 3:  Electricity

Participants will demonstrate the generation of electricity while identifying energy transformations that occur during the generation process and will be introduced to the economics of electricity generation and supply and be able to see first-hand the financial challenges utilities must overcome to be able to provide the power demanded by consumers at the lowest cost.

2:15 p.m.             Step 5:  Efficiency & Conservation – Engaging your students in Energy Education

 Participants will learn about efficiency, conservation, and diminishing returns by using various materials to insulate their house and then test its efficiency using NEED’s Energy House activity

 3:00 p.m.             Student Leadership and Recognition

• Student Energy Teams
• NEED’s Youth Awards for Energy Achievement

3:15 p.m.             NEED Resources and Paperwork!

Complete post-assessment, evaluations and order forms for NEED materials.  Distribution of substitute reimbursement forms.

3:30 p.m.             Adjourn